Slightly disappointed, 22 Jun. 2014

I'd wanted to get one of these for a while after I saw one at a colleague's house. When our second child came along I thought it would be a good way of keeping our toddler entertained when the dinner was being cooked as she usually wants to be picked up then and it makes it hard to get anything done. With a new baby, that would be an even more tricky time of day!

It's been a reasonably successful purchase. Our toddler is only 19m at the moment and she's a bit small for actually 'helping' but the FunPod does contain her for a while and keeps her interest as she can see stuff and reach stuff (clearly you have to be mindful of knives and cooker controls!). What she most likes is to get up by the sink and splash. That's great but she, and the kitchen, and the FunPod, end up soaked!

Main main issues with this thing are the price and the build quality:

- There seem to be a range of models and we got one of the cheapest ones at around £90. It's really...

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excellent, 13 Mar. 2009

I bought the funpod for my 18 month old son as he was very keen on climbing on a chair to reach the worksurface. We have a tiled floor so I was worried that he would fall off and hurt himself. I was a little concerned when I bought it that my son would not want to stay in it and would prefer to get a chair. My concerns were unfounded and he absolutely loves it. It's made a huge difference to me, I spend a lot of time cooking and it was a bit of a nightmare trying to cook with my little one around my ankles and climbing on chairs. He is quite happy to stand in his funpod and play with the vegetables/ do some crayoning/ help me make cakes/ play peekaboo. A wonderful product, it has dramatically reduced my stress levels!!!

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As it stands I have asked them to make me a more secure base and that cost me the grand total of a fiver and is beautiful cherry, 6 Jan. 2015

Having purchased one for half price at another shop, I must say that £35 is about the right price for what is essentially a wooden box. I can't say I agree with all the "healthy eating" blurb and the rest of the pseudo psycho babble but it is handy when my grandson helps me baking or just watching.....once again a highly over priced so called "educational" bit of wood. It has its uses but for that price your local wood shop can cobble it together....I have asked and our local woodshop could've made me one in hardwood, not cheap ply for less than £40. As it stands I have asked them to make me a more secure base and that cost me the grand total of a fiver and is beautiful cherry wood :-)

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